Elf on the shelf - Dec 17-24th

Christmas is nearly here - one more sleep!! Well, by the time you read this, it will be all over, but I can be excited whilst I'm writing this. A bit of a mammoth Elvis overload, as I want to get it all done before the Big Day. 

December 17th

December 18th

I think Elvis could do with a comfier mattress...

December 19th

Ahoy there ye land lubbers! Fighting off a killer squid to get the treasure chest...

December 20th

I hope Elvis isn't after fish fingers for tea...

December 21st

December 22nd

December 23rd

December 24th

It's farewell from Elvis for another year, and he's left behind a few festive books for Little Boy to read...

Well that's it, mince pie for Santa and carrot for Rudolph are ready on the fireplace. Stockings are ready to be filled. 

Have a very merry Christmas, and I'll speak to you in the New Year!!

XxXx

Elf on the shelf - Dec 11-16th

Oh dear, I've just gone online to do an Elvis update, and realised my last post was still in draft - doh! Now I'm even more behind than I thought I was. 

December 11th

Elvis the elf was on Christmas tree maintenance today, ensuring all the presents were neatly arranged under the tree. Have you spotted him yet?

Shall I move in a bit closer for you...

Hello Elvis!

December 12th

Elvis was a bit naughty today. We woke up to find he had helped himself to OH's advent calendar. 

Just look at that face, like butter wouldn't melt (but the chocolate has, all over his cheeks!)...

He wasn't the only naughty one though, as I know he had taken more than one chocolate out of the calendar, but when we got up there was only one left. Who was him accomplice? I can tell you he is no longer, but he certainly had a substantial last supper...

Yes, a naughty mouse helped himself to the chocolate too, and ate about three times his weight in chocolate before he met his untimely end. We now have those sonic mouse deterrent things plugged in every free socket, and a new trap set, just in case he had a girlfriend still in residence. 

December 13th

There may have been snow outside, but Elvis decided to keep warm and make his snowman indoors...

December 14th

I think Elvis has been working too hard, and got run down. He has a bad case of Elf flu - let's hope the National Elf Service takes care of him!! 😂

He must have been feeling really bad, as he didn't turn up for work on the 15th. 

December 16th

One rule when you have an elf come to visit is that you mustn't touch him. So Little Boy was very pleased when he found Elvis today...

Little Boy loved the fact that he could 'hold' Elvis, and took him everywhere - to make breakfast, sit at the dinner table, showed him his room, watched tv with him. 

Another update soon

XxXx

Elf on the shelf -Dec 6-10th

Another elf update. Daily posts don't seem to be happening this year, so I'm aiming for four or five days per post. Here goes...

December 6th

Little Boy was not himself yesterday, not sure whether he was just tired, but he was just a bit naughty. Elvis appeared in the morning with this note from Father Christmas...

December 7th

Elvis was a bit cheeky himself the following day, we caught him having a movie night (at least he wore headphones so he wasn't noisy in the night) but he had helped himself to my expensive chocolates I got for my birthday...

December 8th

Riding on Tatty teddy Santa's sleigh...

December 9th

I think this cold spell made Elvis wish he was in warmer climes. We found him floating in a boat in the kitchen sink, whilst enjoying a fresh orange juice...

December10th

And finally, this morning he was discovered sitting on my chair, having a go at my knitting. I'm guessing he's still learning how to cable, as he was studying a knitting book at the same time...

Elf on the shelf - Dec 2-5th

The children went to brush their teeth before school today, and found this...

Elvis was having a sleepover, with Shrek & the Cookie Monster in the sink! Why in the sink, who knows, but they certainly weren't slumming it - they'd used a hand towel as a pillow, and as a blanket they used a hot water bottle cover I made (years ago when I first learnt to knit) from baby alpaca wool!

I love the look Shrek is giving Cookie Monster - it's like, 'Who farted?'

I know I haven't posted daily, but the last few days were pretty uneventful. In case you want to know what he got up to...

December 2nd...

Just chilling with some winter pals

December 3rd...

Elvis must have done a bit of rock climbing to get up here! Yes, that is our lounge wall, most definitely a work in progress 🙂

I almost forgot December 4th...

Elvis made himself into a little advent calendar, and brought the children some chocolates. Amazingly, Big Girl managed to open her day on her calendar, on the right, without even noticing him!

Who knows what he will get up to next. 

Speak soon

XxXx

Welcome back Elvis!

Those of you who have been following me since last Christmas, will remember we had a visit from the Elf on the shelf. Our little visitor was named Elvis, and he made his first reappearance of the year this morning.

The children came down to find Elvis lying on the kitchen table, with a note and a special present from Father Christmas....

Speak soon 

XxXx